Surah Al-'Ankabut (The Spider) • Ayah 37
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But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.
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Shu`ayb and His PeopleAllah tells us that His servant and Messenger Shu`ayb, peace be upon him, warned his people, the people of Madyan, and commanded them to worship Allah Alone with no partner or associate, and to fear the wrath and punishment of Allah on the Day of Resurrection. He said:يقَوْمِ اعْبُدُواْ اللَّهَ وَارْجُواْ الْيَوْمَ الاٌّخِرَ(O my people! Worship Allah and hope for the last Day,) Ibn Jarir said: "Some of them said that this meant: Fear the Last Day." This is like the Ayah,لِّمَن كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الاٌّخِرَ(for those who look forward to (meeting with) Allah and the Last Day) (60:6).وَلاَ تَعْثَوْاْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ(and commit no mischief on the earth as mischief-makers.) This is forbidding them to make mischief on earth by spreading corruption, which means going around doing evil to people. They used to cheat in weights and measures, and ambush people on the road; this is in addition to their disbelief in Allah and His Messenger. So Allah destroyed them with a mighty earthquake that convulsed their land, and the Sayhah (shout) which tore their hearts from their bodies, and the torment of the Day of Shade, when their souls were taken. This was the torment of a great day. We have already examined their story in detail in Surat Al-A`raf, Surat Hud and Surat Ash-Shu`ara'.فَأَصْبَحُواْ فِي دَارِهِمْ جَـثِمِينَ(and they lay, prostrate in their dwellings.) Qatadah said, "They were dead." Others said that they were thrown on top of one another.
فساد نہ کرو ٭٭اللہ کے بندے اور اس کے سچے رسول شعیب علیہ السلام نے مدین میں اپنی قوم کو وعظ کیا۔ انہیں اللہ وحدہ لاشریک لہ کی عبادت کا حکم دیا۔ انہیں اللہ کے عذابوں سے اور اس کی سزاؤں سے ڈرایا۔ انہیں قیامت کے ہونے کا یقین دلا کر فرمایا کہ اس دن کے لیے کچھ تیاریاں کر لو، اس دن کا خیال رکھو، لوگوں پر ظلم و زیادتی نہ کرو، اللہ کی زمین میں فساد نہ کرو، برائیوں سے الگ رہو۔ ان میں ایک عیب یہ بھی تھا کہ ناپ تول میں کمی کرتے تھے لوگوں کے حق مارتے تھے ڈاکے ڈالتے تھے، راستے بند کر دیتے تھے، ساتھ ہی اللہ اور اس کے رسول سے کفر کرتے تھے۔ انہوں نے اپنے پیغمبر کی نصیحتوں پر کان تک نہ دھرا بلکہ انہیں جھوٹا کہا اس بنا پر ان پر عذاب الٰہی برس پڑا، سخت بھونچال آیا اور ساتھ ہی اتنی تیز وتند آواز آئی کہ دل اڑ گئے اور روحیں پرواز کر گئیں اور گھڑی کی گھڑی میں سب کا سب ڈھیر ہو گیا۔ ان کا پورا قصہ سورۃ الاعراف، سورۃ ہود اور سورۃ الشعراء میں گزر چکا ہے۔صفحہ نمبر6699
آیت 35 وَلَقَدْ تَّرَکْنَا مِنْہَآ اٰیَۃًَم بَیِّنَۃً لِّقَوْمٍ یَّعْقِلُوْنَ ” قوم لوط کی بستی کے کھنڈرات قریش کی تجارتی شاہراہ پر موجود تھے ‘ لہٰذا قرآن میں اہل مکہ کو بار بار مخاطب کر کے یاد دلایا گیا ہے کہ تم لوگ ان عذاب زدہ بستیوں کے کھنڈرات پر سے گزرتے ہو اور پھر بھی عبرت حاصل نہیں کرتے ہو ! اس کے علاوہ بحیرۂ مردار جسے بحر لوط بھی کہا جاتا ہے بھی قوم لوط کی بربادی کی کھلی نشانی ہے۔
Commentaryوَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَ (And [ We sent ] Sayyidna Lut (علیہ السلام) when he said to his people, "Indeed you commit the shameful act - 29:28). Here Sayyidna Lut (علیہ السلام) has described three vicious sins of his people. One, unnatural offence of man with man; two, highway robbery against travelers; and three, commitment of sin openly before others in their group meetings. There is no specification of the third sin in the Holy Qur'an. Thus, it is deduced that every sin, which is a sin in its own right, if committed openly with indifference, it becomes a double sin, irrespective of the type of sin. At this point, some Imams of Tafsir (exegesis) have listed all such sins, which these wretched persons used to commit in their meetings. For instance, throwing stones on travelers and making fun of them, as Umm Hani' ؓ reports it in a hadith. Other commentators have reported that these insolent people were in the habit of committing sins openly before all others.Out of the three sins mentioned in this verse the first one is most disgusting, which was never committed before in the whole world, and even wild beasts abstain from it. The entire ummah is unanimous on that it is a worse sin than adultery. (Ruh)
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